verb ai 13 or 9
s/he is sick, ill, has disease
Plural:
ksinukhotuwok, ksinuhkahtuwok
Prefixed Verb Stem:
-kosinuhka-, -kosinuhke-
Unprefixed Verb Stem:
ksinuhka-, ksinuhke-
Changed Verb Stem:
kesinuhka-, kesinuhke-

Notes

(see also 'kosinuhkan)

Keywords

disease
sick
ill

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Ksinuhkahc tokec mahat cikonesisol. He will get sick if he eats a green apple.
Sesolahki yaq-ote iyey, mace-ksinukhotuwok, skicinuwok, wasisok, kci-pomawsuwinuwok, psi ehta-te wen. Psi yaq-ote wen ksinuhka. Nit-te wen mesonok nita, anqoc-ote mahkiyewiwoss tehpu kis mehciniya. All of a sudden, the Indians began to take sick, children, old people, everyone. Everyone was sick. When someone caught that, sometimes he would be dead in just a short time. (DAF)
Ksinuhka (ksinuhke) Makolit. Margaret is sick.
Kesinuhket Atole ma-te tama kisi-oliyew. When Andrew was sick he couldn't go anywhere.

Audio Recordings

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